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The UN is Leaving Western Sahara. What Happens Now?
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Africa
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Trump's economic D-Day against Iran, the UAE's halt to trade with Tehran, and Israel's strike on a Syrian air base Turkey was eyeing.
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Africa
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Russia-Ukraine War
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Africa
Due South: Maleo on Mali.
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